Has anyone had these symptoms please ?
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Hi does anyone have these symptoms and how do you cope please ? I have suffered with various indigestion symtoms of indigestion for a long time, it seems to come and go and i am awaiting an endoscope. When it flares up it seems to start soon after eating my breakfast cereal. I get an uncomfortable slightly bloated feeling like my breakfast is just sat there. By lunchtime i can feel slight burning and some burping which seems to help relieve some of pressure from stomach. This can last all day on and off, but sometimes i get slight pain/discomfort in chest and inbetween shoulder blades in my back. I now also get a feeling of a lump in throat and feel the need to keep swallowing which is really annoying. The reason my doctor is finally sending for the endoscope is i sometimes get sharp chest pains which frighten me and ecg always comes back ok. I find bending forwards to pick something up makes pains worse so anything like gardening is out. I did try a ppi but after a week got visual disturbance and went A&E and was told to stop them as it was listed in side effects. So i try to cope using a variety of antacids. My doctor said to try ranitadine but not taken any yet as from what i have read on here if you are going to have an endoscope you should not take it for the 2 weeks prior to the endoscope. Over the years my indigestion has got worse so want some answers from the hospital now as it makes life difficult. I do know some foods seem to trigger it, cereal ? , salad, cream, fatty foods, chocolate etc so i try to avoid but do slip up especially if i have had a good couple of days. If anyone has had same symptoms it would be great to know how you cope and if anything cures or helps it thanks
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derek76 frances02122
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I said cornflakes as they once gave me the worst indigestion that mimiced a heart attack ever. It was so bad that I phoned my GP who panicked and told me to dial 999 and I ended up being sent from A&E to a cardiac ward for four days having tests and a stress ECG.
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I have suffered from all that you mention including sharp pain in chest I had to go for ecg treadmill which I survived this ruled out angina and heart probs . I take omerprazole 20mg twice per day I still have pain/discomfort in middle of chest especially if bending forward I have pain in neck by Adams apple more so if I look down always feels like right side of my neck is swollen I'm told these are usual to expect with reflux , like you I feel I need a camera and full chest X-ray to put my mind at rest . I still eat things I shouldn't but you do get used to the discomfort ..
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And yes I also get terrible chest pains and was admitted for a check up only to be told that the pains were gastric related.
I now take Lansoprazole 30mg first thing in the morning half hour or so before a meal.
I still occasionally get the chest pain, but I find taking a drink of hot water, instantly takes the pain away.
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